Details
- Mission objective
- Objective 1a - Protect and restore marine and coastal ecosystems and biodiversityObjective 2a - Prevent and eliminate pollution - litter and microplastics
- Lighthouse
- Cross-basin
- Sector
- Environmental protection and regeneration
- Topic(s)
- MicroplasticsPlastic pollutionDecontamination
- Type of action
- Evidence-based knowledge and data and/or access provision to knowledge and data
- Type of knowledge output
- Report (research paper, policy report, white paper, guidelines, case studies, best practices, etc)
- Solution owner
- EPHEMARE
- Country
- Spain
Description
The EPHEMARE final report identifies the consequences of microplastics on marine life. The report outlines how microplastics are consumed by living organisms, the distribution of microplastics in living tissue, and the effects on organisms representative of pelagic and benthic ecosystems. The report also identifies the potential of microplastics as vectors of model contaminants that readily adhere to their surfaces.
